A little bit about me.
As long as I can remember I have loved art, and creating it. I knew art was for me when I was in kindergarten class, and we had “creative hour”. I set up a sheet of paper on an easel, poured out some red and white hand paint next to each other on a dish, and started mixing. Little did I know, that magical swirling action would produce the color PINK! Pink, yep, that was pretty amazing for the 5-year-old me, and I was hooked to mixing paint, drawing, and pretty much being involved in anything remotely creative from that point on.
I participated in elective art classes in high school, went onto MIAD for a year, with a focus on illustration, and ended up transferring to UW-Oshkosh to attain my BFA in Painting & Drawing.
While in college, I was honored to receive one of two collaborative research grants given to art students each year. It was an amazing experience, and I grew so much from it.
Since then, I have been working on many different pieces. Ceramics, paintings, drawings, illustrations, plein air work, commissions, and so much more. It’s wonderful to be able to still be doing, what I fell in love with hook line and sinker some 25+ years ago.
Thank you for visiting.
~Vicki
Contact Info:
Email: liu.vicki.l@gmail.com
(Please submit any commission inquiries by email).
My 2019 interview with Tom Ray.
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MIAD – 2004 ( Illustration)
UW-Oshkosh – 2005 – 2007 ( BFA Painting & Drawing )
Fox Valley Tech – 2009 – 2011 ( AA – Web Design & Development )
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Instructor: Hector Acuna – Casein Painting - 2023
Instructor: Hector Acuna - Open Water Plein Air - 2023
Instructor: Rick Fendora - Stained Glass Immersion - 2023
Instructor: Tobie Depauw - Book Building - 2024
Instructor: Bethann Moran-Handzlik: Outdoor Still Life (Alla Prima) - 2024
Instructor: Natalie Featherston: Painting Textures in Still Life & Trompe L'Oeil Workshop - 2025
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Artist David Cheifetz – 2017
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Rotary Scholarship – 2003
Joanne Kindt Art Scholarship – 2007
Collaborative Research Grant (Art) – 2007
Project Name:
Alive: A Figurative Study on Individuals Living with HIV/AIDS, a Challenge on Current Perceptions of the Disease in Today’s SocietyArtists Choice (Alex Garant) - Trekell Pet Portrait Competition - Oils - 2024
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Member of the Wisconsin Visual Artists - South Central Chapter
Wisconsin Watercolor Society
American Watercolor Society
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Pattern Play – Crowd Sourced Coloring Book (A Brit & Co/Crayola/Target Collaboration). *One illustration included.
Art and Color 365 Magazine - Pet Portrait Finalist - Special Merit Award 2025
The Shallot: Journal of Mental Health, Art & Literature - 2025
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2023
Richeson Small Works - Juried Exhibition - “Goldfinch” - 2023
2024
Richeson Small Works - Juried Exhibition - “Spindalis” - 2024
Hardy Gallery Door County - Community Mosaic Project - 2024
SMAC Art Center Gallery - Solo Show “Of Wind and Sea” - 2024
Richeson75 - Juried Exhibition “Animals, Birds & Wildlife” 2024
2025
Richeson75 Small Works - Juried Exhibition - “Nested” - 2025
Rhode Island Watercolor Society - Natural Wonders Juried Exhibition - “Iris” - 2025
Cedarburg Art Museum - Now You See Me: Self-Portraits by Wisconsin Artists - “Gone But Not Forgotten” - 2025
Gallerium - HERE and NOW 2025 - Juried Exhibition - “The Spark” -2025
Hardy Gallery Door County Community Mosaic Project - 2025
UW Hospital - SC Members Show 2025
Wisconsin Museum of Art - Members Show 2025
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Hatch Art House - Madison, WI